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Economic Development Commission Minutes April 21, 2015 Page 2 of 3 beneficial to have Council Member Randy Loukota attend an EDC meeting to help us understand why some customers do not have service. His attendance would be beneficial for his employer, TDS. 4. Crosslake—EDC/Empty Spaces Dawn Bittner passed out the invitation from the Crosslake Economic Development Authority to attend a meeting May 6 at Crosslake City Hall. The topic of the meeting will be filling empty business or commercial spaces. Realtors from Positive Realty and Close-Converse Realty will be in attendance. Chair Jurchen and Commissioner Rieck will not be able to attend; Sheila Haverkamp will attend. 5. Minnesota Design Team Chair Jurchen explained Sandy Peine, Dawn Bittner and himself met with Andrew Mack on March 19. The City does not have the resources to gather the information to begin the process within the next several months with time being spent on the highway issues. This should be put off until next year. It is a very intensive process with hundreds of hours in preparation for the meeting. January, 2016 may be the time to approach this project. Mr. Mack will come back at that time. 6. U of M Programs Chair Jurchen stated the 2°d Homeowners Survey Report contained a great deal of information. He has a .pdf of the report and will have Sandy Peine forward to all members. 7. City Banners Dawn Bittner explained the City budgeted $1,000 in 2014 to put toward the banners. There was no specific earmark for banners in the 2015 budget, although the Pequot Promoters count on it. The EDC budget includes $2,000 for Marketing. COMMISSIONER RIECK MOVED TO USE $1,000.00 OF THE EDC BUDGET FOR BANNERS. COMMISSIONER STROOT SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. Mr. Lindholm stated he will contact Barb Merritt and Community Action as the school plans to purchase banners for the parking area and they could be branded.